yes you need live and in fact you need live gold membership to play co-op with someone else on a different screen
but no if you are talking about split screen if you are the only profile on your xbox just make another profile (doesn't need to be xbox live) and have the second controller sign in to that profile
You do not need Live to play horde.
no u can play with the computers
Gears 3 does in fact need xbox live to play multiplayer, but not for experience. Also, you can play multiplayer locally on Gears of War 3 via system link or on 1 console.
you probably don't need Xbox Live for beast mode, just as you didn't need Live for horde mode on Gears 2
you have to play gears of war death match on xbox live.
no
I cant play gears of war 2 without gold pass
yes,but you have to by it
you cant only on xbox live
No he continues to live in Gears of War and Gears of War 2
Yes, you can play cooperatively with a buddy over Xbox live, or on the same Xbox.
First, you'll need to make sure your isp is fast enough for xbox live. Then, create an xbox live profile on the xbox and add money either through a credit card or prepaid card from a store. After that, you should be able to play Gears online.